August 19, 2009, 5:47PM

SOPRONPUSZTA, Hungary -- It was a picnic that changed the course of history. Twenty years ago Wednesday, members of Hungary's budding opposition organized a picnic at the border with Austria to press for greater political freedom and promote friendship with their Western neighbors. Some 600 East Germans got word of the event and turned up among the estimated 10,000... Full story »

December 05, 2010, 4:25AM

Forty-four years after the voters first elected him to public office, George Victor Voinovich is stepping off the political stage and heading back to Collinwood., The Plain Dealer editorial board writes. Full story »

December 16, 2012, 6:00AM

Llists of best books are arbitrary, capricious and — from the vantage point of history — often wrong. Still, they serve as a beacon in a sea of forgettable verbiage. Turn on your brightest lamp, then, and enjoy. Full story »

September 05, 2013, 9:00AM

There’s a whole list of reasons to pick up Claire Vaye Watkins’ debut, Battleborn (Penguin, 283 pp., $16). For the morbid, there’s Watkins’ connection to Charles Manson, which she boldly explores in “Ghosts, Cowboys.” Watkins’ father was part of the “Manson Family,” acting as a wingman for the cult leader by luring girls to their rented ranch. Annie Proulx fans... Full story »

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